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Who else remembers these machines?

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May 27, 2018, 06:27 PM
DanPatWork
Who else remembers these machines?
quote:
Originally posted by dsiets:
I remember getting a U-505 sub from the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.


Same here. I didn't see the machine there when we took our grandkids a few years ago, but the standard penny press is prevalent throughout the museum.
May 27, 2018, 07:26 PM
StorminNormin
Yup, San Antonio zoo used to have them. I remember getting something from it, but I don’t recall what it was.



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May 27, 2018, 07:35 PM
NOCkid
Made one of those Sinclair Dinos at the '64 World's Fair in New York.
May 27, 2018, 08:36 PM
chongosuerte
Used to ride the train to a zoo somewhere in Florida. From DeLand to maybe Sanford? Late 80s.

They had one of these that made animals. I had an elephant for a long time. Still remember it coming out hot.



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May 27, 2018, 08:53 PM
hbabler
This is the best article I have found on it. The San Antonio zoo still has one in operation. Their website has a list of locations. Be warned if you are a nerd and like to hop from story to story the atlas obscura website could be a huge time waster.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/a...plastic-mold-a-matic
May 27, 2018, 09:11 PM
sigspecops
I've never seen one of these, I didn't even know they existed.


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May 28, 2018, 12:07 AM
chongosuerte
Ha...they evidently still have the one at the zoo in Sanford. Might take my kid there to let him get his own this summer!



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May 28, 2018, 12:25 AM
Frenchy1004
quote:
Originally posted by dsiets:
I remember getting a U-505 sub from the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.


I had one of these too along with one with three chimpanzees mimicking see no evil, hear no evil speak no evil, I think this came from the Brookfield zoo in Chicago as well.

They were fun to watch being made, seemed they could get brittle fast though.
May 28, 2018, 10:20 AM
ChuckWall
For some reason, I really liked the smell. Had a "Lincoln" from Springfield.


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May 28, 2018, 10:24 AM
SecurityGeek
I loved these. I also remember my Mattel Strange Change machine which was kind of the home version, with replay capability (sort of) -

https://boingboing.net/2015/07...-change-machine.html


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May 28, 2018, 02:15 PM
bronicabill
Yep... I had a Sinclair dinosaur once. Somewhere in a big box is a B&W photo of me sitting on the back of a dino when the display came to south Huntsville back when I was quite a little boy, the day I bought my Sinclair Dinosaur.... ahh, the memories! LOL


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